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Application October 18, 1950, Serial No. 190,849

3 Claims. (Cl. 46-157) My invention is an improved object for display;and especially a structure resembling a human figure of unique andattractive appearance, holding a panel for advertising matter dealing,for example, with an article of mechandise.

The chief aim of this invention is to provide such an object made ofcardboard or other sheet material that can be easily bent into therequired shape and then set up on view, with relatively large androunded lower limbs and a prominent chubby body having a head and armswith the advertising panel at the top.

The nature of the invention is fully set forth in the ensuingdescription and the novel characteristics are broadly and specificallydefined in the appended claims. 0n the drawings are illustrated somepreferred embodiments of the device, but the actual construction can, ofcourse, be varied in many particulars and still present the essentialfeatures which really constitute the invention.

On the drawings:

Figures 1 and 2 are front and rear elevations respectively of one formof my improvement.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4 in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section on line 5-5 in Figure 2.

Figure 6 shows a detail thereof.

Figure 7 shows the cardboard blank of which the device is made.

Figure 8 shows in plan the upper section for the head, arms and panel;and

Figure 9 is a front view of a different form.

The design shown in Figures 1 to 8 inclusive comprises a body 1 and legs2. The body has the look of an individual of large girth and thick legsand the head 3 has a face like that of a Santa Claus or other well knownreal or mythical character. At the lower ends of the legs are flatprojections or flaps 4 representing feet. The general effect is bothpleasing and amusing. The back 5 of the body and the rear 6 of the legsare both flat.

The blank for making the object is composed of two halves 11 and 12,each having a generally curved formation with the parts 5 and 6 for theback each in the middle of one of the halves. The parts 5 and 6constituting the middle of the blank are integral with each other, butthe two halves separate at both sides of the middle and present opposedcurved diverging edges 7 and 8. The terminal edges 9 of the half 11containing the part 5 are diagonal and inclined or converge towards eachother. The side edges of the back portion 5 are delineated by thedownward diverging score lines 10. The sections between the lines andthe edges 9 are curved and bent towards each other when the device isset up to cause the body to bulge to the front.

The other half 12 also has diagonal edges 13 at its ends inclined orconverging towards each other away from the section 12 and bearinglocking tabs 14 at the corners remote from the curved edges 8. Notches15 are cut into the tabs in line with the edges 13; and the outer edgesof the tabs have shoulders 16 at the edges 13. The half 12 also hasscore lines 10 converging downward to mark the sides of the back part 6.The remaining edge of the half 12 is concave, and the tabs or flaps 4project therefrom between the tabs 14 and the back portion 6. Betweenthe lines 10 is a slit 17.

One of the edges 9 of the section 11 has a catch 18 extending parallelto this edge with the ends 19 cut 2,704,910 Patented Mar. 29, 1955 free.This catch enters a slit 20 out near the other edge 9 and the ends 19hold at the ends of the cut 20. At the corner of this other edge, remotefrom the edge 7, is a projection 21.

To give the object its shape, the section 11 is bent about the creases10 and the projecting portions at each side of the central portion 5bounded by the score lines 10 and adjacent one end thereof are bent andsecured together by inserting the catch 18 in the slit 20. The half 12of the blank has its projecting portions at each side of the centralportion bent in the same way, and the tabs 14 are inserted side by sideinto the slit 17. They are pressed downward to make the notches 15receive the lower end of the slit and the shoulders 16 abut the upperend of this slit. The front of the figure then looks chubby and rounded.The flaps 4 are bent outward to horizontal position. The side edges ofthe middle portion marked by the lines 10 across each section 11 and 12converge away from each other, as plainly shown in Figure 7.

The remaining section or member with the outline of a head has anextension 22 representing an outstretched arm and another extension 23representing the other arm carrying the panel 24. The head is glued tothe flap 21. The head 3 has appropriate features painted, printed orstamped thereon, and the general effect draws attention to a markedextent. Any suitable advertisement may be exhibited on the panel 24.

In Figure 9, the arm 26 is bent and carries the representation of aspoon and the other arm is shown as if holding a cam 27 or the likecontainer. The head 28 looks like the face of a cook with a cap thereon.Various other efiects can be obtained as may be desired.

While the figures represent a Santa Claus and a chef, other charactersmay, of course, be adopted. Sometimes also when other designs areproduced, the score lines 10 marking off the flat back portions 5 and 6can be omitted. These portions, however, serve quite well when present,giving the body the form of a cone partially cut away on the side orrear thereof.

Uther variations are, of course, possible, for the panel 24 and othermembers can be omitted; and the shape and size of the legs and body, nowillustrated as conical, can be altered; other means than tabs and slotsemployed to hold the ends of the sechon 12 to the back portion 6, andthe upper section can be either glued or held in place by tabs andslots, or made integral with the rest of the figure when desired.

Having described my invention, what I believe to be new is:

1. A figure of sheet material made of a blank comprising two sectionseach having a middle portion and a pro ecting portion at each sidethereof, the middle portions being connected end to end, the projectingportions of one section being curled over and joined together to form arounded part representing a human body, and the projecting portions ofthe other section being curled over and joined to the middle of theother section to form rounded parts representing legs, the edges of eachmiddle portion being marked by lines converging away from the junctionof the middle portions, said middle portions being fiat, whereby boththe body and the legs taper and are thickest at the middle of thefigure, and a flat piece of sheet material having the outline of thehead and adjacent parts of said body attached to the top of the firstsection.

2. A figure made of a blank of sheet material having a middle part witha pair of projecting portions at one side, one such projection beingadjacent each end of said part and a second pair of projecting portions,at the other side, one of said second pair being adjacent each oppositeend of said part, two of said projecting portions being curled overtowards each other arid united at their extremities to represent a body,and the other two curled over towards each other and secured to themiddle part to represent legs, said part being fiat and having two pairsof side edges, between it and said projecting portions, each pair ofsaid side edges converging away from the other pair, whereby both thebody and the legs taper and are thickest at the middle of the figure,and a flat piece of sheet material representing a head and arms attachedto said figure upon the first-named projecting portions. v

3. A figure made of sheet material formed of a blank comprising twosections joined together at their middle portions and having opposedcurved divergent edges extending outward from the junction of the middleportions, the edges of each middle portion converging away from theother middle portion, one section being bentand having its ends fastenedto each other, the ends of the other section being attached to themiddle portion of said other section, the middle portions lying in asingle plane and having said edges at the sides thereof in each 4section, the sections forming the upper and lower parts of said figure,said parts tapering in opposite directions and being thickest at themiddle of said figure.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,023,104 Schwartz Dec. 3, 1935 2,144,512 Schwartz Ian. 17, 1939 102,395,118 Havel Feb. 19, 1946 2,441,333 Reinsberg May 11, 1948

